New York City Street Photography

It was no accident I ended my first year of full-time travel in New York City. Growing up in the US, it seems every other movie we watch or song we listen to is about New York.

Big brands put their flagship stores in Manhattan, every New Year we watch the ball drop in Times Square, entrepreneurs and artists flock here for opportunities.

Street photographers worship this city.

new york city street photography williamsburg sunset

NAVIGATION | Classics, NYC After Dark, Film, Rain, Sunsets, Experiments

Upper Manhattan

Let’s start where I live(d). Even if you’ve never spent time in NYC, you’ll know living in this city is ridiculously difficult to navigate. Extremely old buildings, noise, evil landlords, competition for apartments, six-flight walk-ups, etc.

I don’t know how, but I seem to have won the NYC apartment lottery. My landlords are great, I have a washer/dryer, I’m 5 blocks from the 1, 25 minutes from SOHO and all the excitement, a block or two from Riverside Park, and my room looks out at the Washington Bridge.

I look at NYC almost as my home base now- I still travel full-time and I won’t do NYC in the winter, but it feels like where I’ll always come back to. At least as long as I remain in the US. I’m grateful for this spot, and it’s everything I ever wanted living in NYC to be, so forgive me if I seem a bit obsessed.

new york city street photography riverside park
new york city street photography riverside park
new york city street photography riverside park
new york city street photography riverside park
new york city street photography riverside park

new york city street photography manhattan bridge

The Classics

A blog on New York City street photography wouldn’t be complete without some of the classic shots.

No matter how many new cities I explore or places I go, I never get tired of seeing the landmarks.

My advice? Don’t outgrow being a tourist. I promise all those super-famous Instagrammable locations are popular for a reason. I don’t mean ONLY do those things, but I’ll say I’m not sad I took the Roosevelt Island Tram or the ferry ride from Domino Park to see the bridges up close.

new york city street photography grand central
new york city street photography south ferry
new york city street photography grand central inside
new york city street photography brooklyn bridge
new york city street photography brooklyn bridge black and white looking up
new york city street photography the oculus
new york city street photography manhattan bridge
new york city street photography the oculus
new york city street photography queensboro bridge
new york city street photography manhattan bridge sunset
new york city street photography roosevelt island tram
new york city street photography manhattan bridge from water street
new york city street photography brooklyn bridge from DUMBO

NYC After Dark

new york city street photography couple kissing under umbrella in times square

The best photo I took in 2023

Ruined by Times Square

Okay, I know it’s a bit odd to complain about a photo from Times Sq. being ruined by billboards.

I’m still a big fan of this one, but if you’d have given me this couple kissing under an umbrella, backlit by colored lights in New York City ANYWHERE else that didn’t have an ad for some holiday sale in the background, I likely would have crowned this one my favorite of 2023.

new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography times square at night
new york city street photography greenwich village couple
new york city street photography greenwich village
new york city street photography greenwich village cab and steam

FILM 🎞️

FILM 🎞️

new york city on film kodak gold canon af35
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35

NEW YORK CITY ON FILM

Kodak Gold, hopes, dreams

new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 food truck
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 brooklyn bridge
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 dumbo
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 domino park ferry
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 the met sunset
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 met rooftop
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 met rooftop looking out over central park
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 the met inside, statues
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 met inside shadows and glass ceiling
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 met exterior looking up
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 greenwich village by the river
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 world trade center
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 church sunset
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 west 4 subway stop
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 washington square park
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35 washington square park
new york city on film kodak gold canon af35

New York City Street Photography | in the rain

Iconic spots. Rainy days. For the record, I suffered for these. 🌧️

One of the few complaints I have about New York City is the weather. If it’s not hot and damp it’s windy, if it’s not windy it’s freezing, if it’s not freezing it’s raining, if it’s not raining, it’s at least cloudy. I’m only being a little exaggerative.

The nice thing about street photography in New York though, is how weather conditions can transform the city. It’s fun to shoot anywhere when it’s raining and the streets are damp and shiny, but in true New York fashion, this city in the rain is a whole different level of street photography euphoria.

It also makes you cherish the nice days and sunsets when you have them.

new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain
new york city street photography manhattan bridge in the rain

NYC SUNSETS

On the other hand, you have those rare occasions when the sun DOES come out, and New York starts to glow in the afternoon light like it was designed specifically with photographers in mind.

new york city street photography sunset two bridges
new york city street photography sunset two bridges
new york city street photography sunset two bridges
new york city street photography sunset two bridges
new york city street photography sunset two bridges
new york city street photography sunset two bridges
new york city street photography sunset two bridges
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset williamsburg
new york city street photography sunset south ferry
new york city street photography sunset roosevelt tram
new york city street photography sunset roosevelt tram
new york city street photography sunset roosevelt tram
new york city street photography sunset roosevelt tram
new york city street photography sunset roosevelt tram
new york city street photography sunset roosevelt tram

EXPERIMENTS

new york street photography experiments, black and white with slow shutter speed

Every now and then street photography gets boring.

Well honestly, not New York street photography, but it’s still good to play with new ideas and get out of your comfort zone a bit.

new york street photography experiments, black and white with slow shutter speed
new york street photography experiments, abstract people walking blurry
new york street photography experiments, black and white with slow shutter speed
new york street photography experiments, abstract people walking blurry
new york street photography experiments, abstract bike rider blurry
new york street photography experiments, abstract bike rider blurry

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